Dos’s Stat Sheet Stuffers Week 8 NBA

NBA FANTASY TOP 5 CAPTAINS

This week’s schedule sees some big NBA Fantasy names rocking the important four-game week, and it is my professional opinion that this week there is NO way you should be captaining a three-game player.

It has been beneficial some weeks to wack the ‘C’ on the proven player regardless of the 3-game slate, however with the choices of four gamers we are blessed with this week you gotta go large or go home.

BEST OF THE BUNCH:

THE KING

LeBron James did not disappoint with the #1 captain mantle last week, and it will be hard to top him again this week.

The King is averaging his most points per game since the 2009-10 season, an amazing feat for a player with 1084 games under his belt with an average of 38.9 minutes a night during that span.

The mileage on the LBJ refuses to slow the soon-to-be 33-year-old down, as he averages career-highs in field goal percentage, 3-point percentage, assists and blocks – earning him player of the month honours for October-November.

Congratulations to @KingJames, the @Kia Eastern Conference Player of the Month! He averaged 28 points, 8.2 rebounds and 8.5 assists in the months of October & November.

DeMarcus Cousins made the most of his buddy’s absence in Sunday’s seven point win over Portland, pouring in 38 points and 8 rebounds.

In fact, in the games Davis has missed this year, Cousins is averaging a monstrous 39.3 points, 14.7 boards, and a whopping 41 NBA Fantasy points!

Perhaps the biggest factor in giving Boogie the captaincy this week, could be his matchup with former team the Sacramento Kings.

It’s safe to say Cousins holds a grudge against the dysfunctional franchise – who went through six head coaches during his seven-year stint with them – when he balled out in their last matchup in late October.

Cousins, again without Davis in that game, had 41 points, 23 rebounds, and 6 assists on his way to 57 NBA Fantasy points!

Revenge game version 2.0 could be reason enough to give Cousins your captaincy this week.

ANDRE THE GIANT STAT STUFFER

I showed some love to Andre Drummond last week in the column, but it clearly wasn’t enough to do this man justice.

Across his four-game schedule this past week, the resurgent big man averaged 39 NBA Fantasy points with 16.8 points, 14.3 rebounds, and 6.5 assists on 63% field goals, and YES, once again, 79% from the free-throw line off 19 attempts!

The improved percentages and vastly improved assist numbers – his 4 assists per game average well exceeds his previous career high of 1.1 set last year – make Drummond a legitimate NBA Fantasy star.

Drummond is leading the 14-8 Pistons to respectability in the improved Eastern Conference, with the Celtics scalp proving Detroit means business.

The Pistons look to prove this point this week as they look to rebound from a disappointing 2 game losing streak following the triumph over Boston, and they’ll do so comeing up against some tough opponents.

The Spurs, Bucks, Warriors and Celtics will certainly test the Pistons, but Drummond at least, should be up for the task.

A CHEEKY POINT OF DIFFERENCE

Fresh off a week averaging 29.66 NBA Fantasy points, Simmons should improve even further this week, with 2 matches against the hapless Lakers, who both Simmons and teammate Joel Embiid have pencilled into their calendars after a mini-preseason Twitter feud with LaVar Ball.

With the high expectations of a top prospect (albeit in a weak draft), Oladipo failed to impress in his 3 seasons with the Orlando Magic, before being traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Serge Ibaka.